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Woman dies, man injured after shooting

A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a shooting incident in Coconut Grove on Friday night.

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Body found in overturned car

POLICE on Andros discovered a man’s partially decomposed body in a car overturned in bushes on Thursday.

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Man charged with housebreaking, stealing and receiving

A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with several housebreaking and stealing incidents.

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Bail for man who denied assaulting sister

A 43-year-old man who denied assaulting his sister earlier this week was on Friday granted bail ahead of his trial.

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Woman pleads not guilty to assault

A HAITIAN woman was granted $3,000 bail on Friday after pleading not guilty to assaulting another woman last month.

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Man killed, woman injured in second fatal shooting on Thursday

A MAN is dead and a woman is in hospital after a shooting in Coconut Grove Thursday night.

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Officer’s killer - or innocent?

THE lawyer for a Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer accused of murder said the prosecution’s case was not fully investigated and that his client, who has maintained his innocence, had nothing to hide.

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Man killed, woman hurt in shooting

A MAN was killed and a woman was injured during a daytime shooting at Peardale Road yesterday.

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Six years for thief

A REPEAT offender who claimed he went on a stealing spree to support his two children and unborn baby was yesterday sentenced to six years behind bars.

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Cocaine suspect awaits bail hearing

A 41-year-old man who denied importing 23 pounds of cocaine into the country was remanded to prison pending a bail hearing.

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Suspect detained after police station escape

A SUSPECT is back in custody after escaping from Central Police Station on Tuesday, Police Commissioner Paul Rolle confirmed last night.

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Teenager charged with rape and armed robbery

A THIRD teenager was charged yesterday with the rape and armed robbery of a 47-year-old woman.

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Witness tells court that suspect visited his nightclub

A RETIRED petty officer yesterday testified how Able Seaman Jevon Seymour stopped by his nightclub on the morning Petty Officer Percival Perpall was shot dead at Government House.

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‘Officer’s murder was nothing to do with me’

ABLE Seaman Jevon Seymour denied threatening to shoot Petty Officer Percival Perpall after the marine refused to let him use the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s satellite phone to call his girlfriend while they were deployed on Ragged Island.

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FINAL JUSTICE FOR BREANNA: Women jailed for 28 years after young mum slain over a cellphone

THE remaining two women convicted of murdering teenage mother Breanna Mackey over three years ago were sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Supreme Court judge yesterday.